Budinger sentenced in Wellsville, Scio meth cases

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Dec 21, 2013 at 10:41 AMDec 21, 2013 at 10:41 AM

BELMONT — A Scio woman, among those charged in a July methamphetamine lab investigation in Wellsville, got a two-year prison sentence. Terrah E. Budinger, 34, was also sentenced by Judge Terrence Parker Thursday in Allegany County Court to a year of post-release supervision and ordered to pay a surcharge and DNA?fees. Budinger pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree unlawfully manufacturing methamphetamine. Aside from the July 26 investigation at an Elm Street residence in Wellsville, she was charged stemming from an investigation into a May 1 incident in Scio. Budinger allegedly possessed the products to unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine — products such as lab equipment, chemical reagents and solvents. Partially-burned garbage bags containing meth materials were found behind a shed, District Attorney Keith Slep’s office reported. Budinger and three Wellsville residents — Mark W. Smallwood, Nathan B. Mattison and James A. Scotchmer were arrested July 26 after village police assisted the Allegany County Probation Department with a search of a probationer's residence located at 22 Elm St. All four were initially charged with the following felonies: unlawful manufacturing of methamphetamine, second-degree assault and unlawful disposal of methamphetamine materials. A Wellsville police officer and an Allegany County probation officer were treated at Jones Memorial Hospital and released after they were exposed to fumes from an active methamphetamine laboratory that was discovered at the residence as a result of the probation search. Members of the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force, uniformed members and BCI personnel from New York State Police at Amity, along with state police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), state police Special Operations Response Team/Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team (SORT/CCERT), the Allegany County Sheriff’s Department and the Allegany County District Attorney’s Office assisted at the scene. Members of the Wellsville Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Police provided scene support while the lab materials were stabilized. The Wellsville Volunteer Ambulance Corps stood by at the scene.

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